[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 48896] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-24611] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES National Endowment for the Arts; Combined Arts Panel (Opera Section) Meeting Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Combined Arts Advisory Panel, Opera Section (Creation & Presentation category) to the National Council on the Arts will be held on October 7-8, 1997. The panel will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on October 7, 1997 and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on October 8, 1997 in Room 730 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506. A portion of this meeting, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8 will be open to the public for a policy discussion of guidelines, planning, Leadership Initiatives, Millennium projects, and field needs and trends. The remaining portions of this meeting, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on October 7 and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on October 8, are for the purpose of Panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation on applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, including information given in confidences to the agency by grant applicants. In accordance with the determination of the Chairman of March 31, 1997, these sessions will be closed to the public pursuant to subsection (c)(4), (6) and (9)(B) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code. Any person may observe meetings, or portions thereof, of advisory panels which are open to the public, and may be permitted to participate in the panel's discussions at the discretion of the panel chairman and with the approval of the full-time Federal employee in attendance. If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the Office of Accessibility, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506, 202/682-5532, TDY-TDD 202/682-5496, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. Further information with reference to this meeting can be obtained from Ms. Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Committee Management Officer, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 20506, or call 202/682-5691. Dated: September 11, 1997. Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts. [FR Doc. 97-24611 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7537-01-M